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Toughest job in baseball is the general manager. Second toughest is the hitting coach. -- Ken Harrelson
If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager. -- Lou Brock
I knew if I wanted to be a general manager, I was going to have to leave to work for another organization. -- Steve Yzerman
We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play. -- Pat Williams
The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom. -- Michael Lewis
My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway. -- Yancy Butler
One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of a power plant where he actually was the general manager of this power cooperative. It was quite magical to me. -- John Sexton
I just talked to a young lady, a freshman at Santa Barbara. She's taking a course, and 'Moneyball''s one of the required readings. This young lady could dream of one day becoming a general manager. -- Billy Beane
I managed Dal Maxvill, and he's now our general manager. I managed Bob Gibson. He's a broadcaster. Tim McCarver. Bill White. Nellie Briles. He used to be a broadcaster. I tried to count them up one time. -- Red Schoendienst
I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise. -- Curt Flood
Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.' You're trying to run the business, but you're running the ranch without riding the big horse. -- Joe Bastianich
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Every time I sit with our general manager at a baseball game, and there's number-cruncher and statistician guy - I'm sitting around - they start talking about stuff, and I say, 'What's that? I've never heard of that one before.' -- George Brett
A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit. -- Ted Lindsay
My father was a general manager with Hyatt, so we lived in the hotel so he would be close by if there were any problems. My mum was always adamant about us not abusing it. So I still had to clean my room. Housekeeping would never come and do it. -- Dianna Agron
I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output. -- Baba Kalyani
The general manager is kind of like the step into darkness when you reach the top of the league. As GM, you're responsible for everything, including the maitre d's and the sommeliers - all these people who have their own agendas. But you probably make less than the maitre d' and have a lot more work and a lot more headaches. -- Joe Bastianich
For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe. -- Larry Eisenberg
If you want peace of mind I suggest you resign as general manager of the universe. -- Dan Millman
I didn't think it would be possible, but it appears Isiah Thomas is a worse general manager than coach..... -- Mark Boyle
My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General. -- Bob McDonnell
The chance to be a general manager in major-league baseball and for a franchise as storied as this one, probably as storied as the Giants, is great. -- Ned Colletti
Only the general manager can mold the resources, processes, and values that affect innovation , into a coherent capability to develop and launch superior new products and services repeatedly. -- Clayton Christensen
It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw. -- Michael Lewis
If the Metro general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, says those extra hours for maintenance are necessary to help fix the system and make it safer, then that gets top priority. -- Robert James Thomson
I won eight Stanley Cups as a player, and I've been told it's because I played on great teams. I won two as a general manager, and I've been told it's because I was lucky. -- Serge Savard
It's just a natural progression. You're a player, then you're a coach, then you're general manager for the team, and then the next logical step for me and you would be [to become] team owner. -- Zakk Wylde
My Dad sold automobiles as a general manager of a General Motors automobile dealership. He was a job creator. Everyone of those cars he sold he created a job for somebody on the assembly line. -- Joe Biden

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